Your friends didn’t see it coming and your mum is in shock but Facebook was waiting for it to happen. Yes, it’s that scary. Facebook can predict when you’re about to change your relationship status. Is there anything the network doesn’t know about us?

On Friday 14th February (Valentine’s Day), Facebook released research that shows how the run-up to a relationship can be tracked via interactions on the network. The findings show that in the 100 days before the “big update”, there is a steady increase in communication between the users involved,